From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 27 05:04:43 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A68B416A4CE for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 05:04:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (creme-brulee.marcuscom.com [24.172.16.118]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E06E43D69 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 05:04:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (shumai.marcuscom.com [192.168.1.4]) i9R52A1H022607; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 01:02:10 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Andre Guibert de Bruet In-Reply-To: <20041027005518.W42571@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> References: <1098850867.51833.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20041027005518.W42571@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-Fb7HqA7FOadsUBAyro1P" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Message-Id: <1098853474.51833.23.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 01:04:34 -0400 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on creme-brulee.marcuscom.com cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing on a machine with no PS/2 ports (USB only) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 05:04:43 -0000 --=-Fb7HqA7FOadsUBAyro1P Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 00:56, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: >=20 > > The more I look into this, the more it looks like I'm screwed. I'm > > trying to install FreeBSD 5.3-RC1 from CD on a machine without any PS/2 > > ports. All I have is a USB keyboard. Yes, the BIOS has legacy USB > > support enabled, and the keyboard works to hit enter at the initial boo= t > > prompt. However, once I'm in sysinstall, I'm out of luck. > > > > I tried disconnecting the keyboard at boot time to see if I could get a > > serial console to do the installation, but that didn't work. The > > console was still detected as internal video. Any ideas on how I can > > get FreeBSD on this machine (Dell OptiPlex GX280)? Thanks. >=20 > Joe- When in doubt, a good old hard drive swap works wonders... :) Yes it does, but are new users to FreeBSD going to be willing to do this? I really think we should make the effort to support both PS/2 and USB keyboards during install, or we may find that users will look elsewhere. That said, I built boot floppies, created a /boot.config on my boot.flp with "-hD", and I'm now doing a serial console install. Joe >=20 > | Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant > > | Silicon Landmark, LLC. | http://siliconlandmark.com/ > --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-Fb7HqA7FOadsUBAyro1P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBfyxib2iPiv4Uz4cRAqi0AJ4zfCVgsHvRm2YEzNcCjgT39Ta99wCghFWL xFWuRgv1VVmhnBz9kNzY64w= =FgcP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Fb7HqA7FOadsUBAyro1P--